I am going to start casting again. It has been almost 20 years since I have done any, and I want to do it correctly.
I have read a lot here over the years and now I am going to get it going. I have several hundred pounds of WW that I melted down into ingots back in the day and I want to get them into use.
I don't have any 38 cal moulds and I want to get a 150-160 grain SWC or wadcutter type. Suggestions on a good mould would be appreciated. I don't know if I want to do powder coating and I plan on keeping the loads around 800ish FPS.
From my reading I have learned that I need to determine the throat diameter of my cylinders to get the best accuracy and to determine if I need my cylinder honed. Should I send the clyinders off to have them honed or should I get some pin gauges and measure first? Where is a good place to get the pin gauges?